Posted by gambino Cool shot, how are you liking that car?

it's growing on me... the gearbox absolutely fucking sucks. It's like they had leftover 6-speeds from the Cruze Eco (which has a really tall gear ratio) and tossed them in this car. It was like a bunch of GM engineers sat down and said "How can we filter ALL the fun out of this car so people will hate driving it?" Ah, yeah, put a stupid manual in it that will make people buy an automatic next time (facepalm)

The mileage sucks for a car that size... my Cruze was getting 40-46mpg on the highway. The best I have ever managed with this car is around 36-38mpg. And the gas gauge is goofy as fuck.

Other than that, the car is fun to drive on twisty roads, has a really competent suspension under it, but GM should've left rear disc brakes on the RS and RS Premier models. The drum brakes out back are meh. The interior is livable, stereo not bad, A/C meat locker quality. There are blind spots up the ying yang in that car, but you learn to live around them.
I think it's a pretty good car... i have just about 55,000 miles on it so far.

oh and the shot was taken on Ensign Pond Road on the Moriah side here in New York. Traffic is being detoured over it as County Route 6 is being rebuilt (otherwise known as Tracy Road). The state has decided to rebuild it as it is the most direct route from the Interstate to the Shock Incarceration Facility here in town. The county had to put up this sign because trucks really weren't aware of how tight and twisty this road was... it's a blast in a competent car.

Was looking for a good enduro racer for a race in Indianapolis, and this beige barge fit the bill. Runs and drives fine. Looks fine. Decently comfortable. Boring as all hell. Many electrical problems. Aaand doesn't have a title.

My Fiero made it into some Speedhunters coverage. (So did my little dashboard collection of Fieros with one Ferrari 308 snuck in)

http://www.speedhu...-at-camp-oblivion/

This was a cool event, all 80s and 90s cars. Sadly the Back to the Future replica DeLorean was destroyed in a rollover this past weekend.

Guess I haven't looked in this forum in long while but welcome to the Fiero cult, bandi!

Posted by Samurai mot people that aren't familiar with all things GM don't realize that the underpinnings of that car are T-body (front-Chevette) and A-body (rear-Celebrity).

Front suspension came from the T-car, rear is an X-car (Citation X-11/Phoenix) front suspension + drivetrain moved to the rear axle with steering components locked down. They modified the cradle a little to accommodate the parking brake cable. That wheel gap is normal for the 14" wheels. Even on the GT's with the 15's the front has a ludicrously big gap, and it gets outright comical on the early base models that ran 13" steelies. I lowered my front 1" and went up a tire size all-around on the stock 15's, much better profile but getting hard to find replacement tires in that size.



'88 is when they put in the suspension Pontiac originally wanted. Longer A-arms and shorter spindles up front, new steering rack to accommodate a very early electric steering mech that never went to production, redesigned rear cradle with a tri-link independent suspension. All got a rear sway bar, GT's/Formulas got a front bar as well. Brakes were also changed -- hard to get calipers for, now.

Posted by jonrev Guess I haven't looked in this forum in long while but welcome to the Fiero cult, bandi! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49572142806_04a26d12a1_b.jpg '88 is when they put in the suspension Pontiac originally wanted. Longer A-arms and shorter spindles up front, new steering rack to accommodate a very early electric steering mech that never went to production, redesigned rear cradle with a tri-link independent suspension. All got a rear sway bar, GT's/Formulas got a front bar as well. Brakes were also changed -- hard to get calipers for, now.

Thanks! I'm loving this car.

I'm even finding calipers almost impossible to get for the '86 at this point.

Posted by Harvestman Was looking for a good enduro racer for a race in Indianapolis, and this beige barge fit the bill. Runs and drives fine. Looks fine. Decently comfortable. Boring as all hell. Many electrical problems. Aaand doesn't have a title. https://i.imgur.com/LiLQOZOh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vmFpMMhh.jpg

Now that looks like fun. Good luck in the race!


We've finished our racing year out and are now making plans towards next year.

In case you're wondering, the D3 took 1st in the Nationals race at the end of August and wound up 6th overall.

The K9 took 9th overall for the year. Not too shabby a year for Black Wolf Motorsports.

Some plans for next year include a brand-new K9 car and tinkering with the Cobalt we have. We may dabble in a minivan for the demo derby our track has.

Posted by jellybeans95 Now that looks like fun. Good luck in the race! We've finished our racing year out and are now making plans towards next year. In case you're wondering, the D3 took 1st in the Nationals race at the end of August and wound up 6th overall. The K9 took 9th overall for the year. Not too shabby a year for Black Wolf Motorsports. Some plans for next year include a brand-new K9 car and tinkering with the Cobalt we have. We may dabble in a minivan for the demo derby our track has.

Looking forward to seeing y'all next season! Didn't get to go to as many races toward the end of the season as I would have liked, but glad to hear that the team kept up the good work.

The enduro race was an absolute hoot. So much understeer. The handling on both my Olds and this Buick was surprisingly nimble, though, and the 3800 had power to spare. Just had to learn how to brake.
I made it about 14 minutes into the race when I learned the hard way that 3-wide is the maximum at this track. Went right into the left rear of an Accord that was stalled at the top of the track. Neck protection saved me a hell of a lot of soreness afterwards. Sad end to the Buick, but now I know a few things for next year.

Posted by Harvestman Looking forward to seeing y'all next season! Didn't get to go to as many races toward the end of the season as I would have liked, but glad to hear that the team kept up the good work. The enduro race was an absolute hoot. So much understeer. The handling on both my Olds and this Buick was surprisingly nimble, though, and the 3800 had power to spare. Just had to learn how to brake. I made it about 14 minutes into the race when I learned the hard way that 3-wide is the maximum at this track. Went right into the left rear of an Accord that was stalled at the top of the track. Neck protection saved me a hell of a lot of soreness afterwards. Sad end to the Buick, but now I know a few things for next year. https://i.imgur.com/nanXHxfh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qSwGDAfh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/b4QYTKhh.jpg

14 minutes is a crazy amount of time in an enduro. Glad you had fun! We debated doing the one at Shadybowl but we already had too much going this month. Next year, perhaps.

Thanks and hope to see you out there again next year.

I've had this Bug since 2011, it had been through a lot when I got it (but had good bones) and I basically just patched it up to get it back on the road.

In 2012, I ditched the bumpers, lowered it a fair bit which looked cool, and in 2015 I hit an unmarked raised manhole cover in a construction zone which stopped me dead, folded the front axle beam in half and tweaked the frame a fair bit.

I'm happy to say "Annie" (named by the previous owner) is back with the living, sitting at stock ride height again (because roads suck here), and even has bumpers. And some cool Cosmic rims from the UK that came on a parts car I bought.

Lowering a Mk4 wagon... am I doing it right?





I tend to squeeze every last bit of usefulness out of a car before I scrap it. I love these cars but this one was a turnip (a free turnip!), but just a rotten, moldy old automatic POS. It worked well as a tractor for moving firewood for a few weeks.



The hatch was rusty enough that I could just reach in and unlock it.

Not sure what went so wrong with this one, it has 450,000 fewer KM on it than the one I sold in the spring, and it's two years newer.

Even rusty, junky wagons make me miss mine like crazy. We have one around here that runs a delivery business and it's nothing special by any means, but my boyfriend still rolls down his window whenever I see it so I can hear the beautiful TDI rumble

We were in Winnipeg recently and I didn't even have to ask for him to get off the highway to check out the lifted wagon I saw on a side road. I really wish there were more for sale around here. I just couldn't keep rewiring the ECU harness on mine so it had to go

But I'm not obsessed....

We ended up buying one identical to the 770,000 km blue wagon we sold in the spring, because nothing else compared to it. This one isn't lifted but it's the same year, same colour. The hatch was a little crusty but I found another blue one at the wreckers, on a car with a blown up automatic. Apparently I haven't taken a picture of it with this phone.


The silver one I was hauling wood with had things living in it and it was nasty and it needed to leave.

The replacement for my truck. It's 8 years older and has higher mileage. I'm excited.

Posted by bandi https://i.imgur.com/yrQqvVr.jpg?1 The replacement for my truck. It's 8 years old and has higher mileage. I'm excited.

Very nice,
I had a 92 for a long time.

taken on saturday (11-20-21) on the new temporary bridge into what's left of national lead at tahawus
[Personal] Sonic-Tahawus_trip(11-20-21)(b) by Samurai Harris, on Flickr

sunrise on lake champlain, october 8, 2021...
[Personal] Sonic_at_pier_10-8-21(c) by Samurai Harris, on Flickr

https://www.hagert...-the-cars-to-have/

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now you're famous!

Daily driver. Did you know that to change a headlight on the 2011+ Chargers you're supposed to take the entire front bumper fascia off?

Scuffed the shit out of my wrist but I got it in by unpopping one corner of the fascia and peeling back the wheel well. There's also this bitch plastic retaining ring where you're supposed to use two hands to pull up on the bulb module and twist the ring to remove the bulb. You only get room for one hand so they will break... hopefully not in a way rendering it useless.

I sat in the new BRZ at the Auto Show the other month. Then Toyota Blues Brothers'ed the local bando mall. Now I'm looking at GR86's.